Nonlinear analyses of adobe masonry walls reinforced with fiberglass mesh

Polymers

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 464-478

  Giamundo, Vincenzo ^a   Lignola, Gian Piero ^a   Prota, Andrea ^a   Manfredi, Gaetano ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Adobe; Fiber reinforced polymer (FRP); Fiberglass mesh; Finite element method; Masonry walls; Nonlinear analysis; Retrofit; Seismic vulnerability

Indexed keywords

FIBERS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; GLASS FIBERS; MASONRY CONSTRUCTION; MORTAR; NONLINEAR ANALYSIS; REINFORCEMENT; RETAINING WALLS; SEISMOLOGY; STIFFNESS; WALLS (STRUCTURAL PARTITIONS);

ADOBE; FIBER REINFORCED POLYMERS; FIBERGLASS MESHES; MASONRY WALLS; RETROFIT; SEISMIC VULNERABILITY;

STRENGTH OF MATERIALS;

EID: 84899532315     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20734360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/polym6020464     Document Type: Article

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